Bitstamp
Authorisation record
Authorised services · 7
About Bitstamp
Bitstamp Europe S.A. is an authorised casp (CASP) under the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), established in Luxembourg. It trades as Bitstamp. It is authorised and supervised by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), which notified the authorisation on 15 May 2025. Its registered address is 40, Avenue Monterey, L-2163 Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Its Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is 549300XIBGTJ0PLIEO72.
Its licence covers 7 of the ten crypto-asset services defined by MiCA: providing custody and administration of crypto-assets on behalf of clients, operation of a trading platform for crypto-assets, exchange of crypto-assets for funds, exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets, execution of orders for crypto-assets on behalf of clients, reception and transmission of orders for crypto-assets on behalf of clients and providing transfer services for crypto-assets on behalf of clients.
Under MiCA passporting, Bitstamp may serve clients in 30 member states without a separate local licence: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
This record is compiled from the ESMA interim register and the register of the CSSF, reflecting the snapshot of 18 August 2026. MICA Watch is an independent aggregator: for legal or compliance purposes, confirm the details against the official sources listed on this page.
Authorisation history
Bitstamp appears in every MICA Watch snapshot since 11 July 2025, the earliest copy of the register we hold.
Compiled from 17 snapshots of the ESMA register taken between 11 July 2025 and 18 August 2026. ESMA publishes the register as a weekly overwrite and keeps no public archive, so earlier states are not available from the source.